Tagged: regulation

Despite a hitch in drafting the legislation, the government has confirmed that its new Section 21 regulations will come into effect on 1st October. It is therefore likely, that from this date, at the...

Housing minister, Brandon Lewis, has confirmed that the government has no plans to extend a ban on letting agency fees to England. Although fees are already banned in Scotland, the government has stated that...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has told Government ministers that all letting agents should be professionally qualified, with rogue agents banned from the industry. The association also wants to see bans in...

A consultation period for a proposed code of practice for letting agents has been launched by the Scottish Government. Included in the proposals are requirements for letting agents to undergo training before they can...

An analyses of responses to the second consultation on a new tenancy for the private rented sector (PRS) has been published by the Scottish Government. The vast majority of responses came from campaigns such...

The government has announced a series of measures to tackle illegal immigration. They will be included in the forthcoming Immigration Bill that will require landlords to check the immigration status of prospective tenants. Landlords...

In the wake of the warning from the Bank of England that the buy-to-let bubble could threaten the financial stability of the entire country, the UK chancellor, George Osborne, has indicated that a crack...

A new compulsory licensing and registration scheme for landlords is to be launched in Wales this autumn. The new scheme will require landlords to register themselves and their properties. If a landlord wants to...

Whilst the change to mortgage interest relief for private landlords made the headlines after yesterday’s budget, another important change that will impact the buy-to-let sector went largely unnoticed. From April 2016 landlords will no...